No matter what season you select to visit Breckenridge, it is always wonderful. Amazing views, pleasing warm happy people; there is never a boring moment in Breckenridge. Perfect weather and outdoor activities will make your stay so fabulous and exciting whether summer, winter or fall. Breckenridge always provide you relaxing and comfortable stay to enjoy the snow. You can enjoy skiing or snowboarding and learn a new sport if you never experience such activity. If you’re not interested to do it; go snow shoeing instead. Some people perform a more adrenaline filled activity, by renting a snowmobile and explore the snow covered mountains in an exciting manner.
Aside from having powdery snow, majestic scenery, and the charming ambience, this perfect mountain town also plays host to a number of unique festivals and events that serve as added attraction to the hordes of tourists that gather in the area especially during the ski season.
* Winter Dew Tour:
* One of the resort hosts for the hugely successful Winter Dew Tour’s debut season (2008 2009) which was held last December 2008 was Breckenridge. A counterpart of the summer tour which started in 2005, the Winter Dew Tour is an action winter sports tour which includes events like the slopestyle and superpipe snowboarding, and slopestyle and superpipe skiing, for both men and women’s categories.
The resort was only the first of the three stop event wherein the top athletes in the world of snowboard and freeski accumulate points during each stop to vie for the coveted Dew Cup and the $1.5 million that comes with the title at the end of the tour.
* The Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships:*
Every year, four person teams from different parts of the world come to Breckenridge to churn out distinctive works of art from 12 foot tall, 20 ton blocks of man made ice with only the use of chisels, saws, the occasional chicken wire, and lots of imagination and creativity.
Working for around 65 hours spread out in five days, the team braves the cold to come up with the some of the most sensational ice pieces, which are then judged by a panel of renowned artists who give out awards for the first, second, and third prizes. Now on its 19th year, the Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships is one of Breckenridge’s certified attractions drawing crowds of more than 30,000 every year.
* Breckenridge Festival of Film:*
Breckenridge may be known as a premier year round resort but what many people may not be aware of is that the town is also a huge patron of the art and craft of filmmaking. Established in 1981, the BFF is actually one of the oldest film festivals in the country and each year features an interesting lineup of independent films, premiers, and educational programs.
* Breckenridge Oktoberfest:*
Fill your steins to the brim with German beer, dance to Oompah music, take a bite of the bratwurst – find yourself transported to Germany for a weekend when you join the Oktoberfest merriment in Breckenridge. In reliving this age old German tradition now for 15 years, the town is known to have one of the most colorful Oktoberfest celebrations in this part of the world.
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